Single-stage inverter-based grid-connected photovoltaic power plant with ride-through capability over different types of grid faults

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 8008-8013

  Mirhosseini, Mitra ^a   Pou, Josep ^a,b   Agelidis, Vassilios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fault ride through; Large scale systems; Photovoltaic systems; Power system faults; Reactive power support

Indexed keywords

FAULT RIDE-THROUGH; GRID CODE REQUIREMENTS; GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POWER SYSTEM FAULT; REACTIVE POWER SUPPORT; RIDETHROUGH CAPABILITY; UNBALANCED VOLTAGE SAGS;

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REACTIVE POWER;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84893549601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2013.6700471     Document Type: Conference Paper

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